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Showing 49614970 of 66613 articles for Art. L 143-5 · L 144-1 to L 144-13

French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 2: Urban solidarity and social cohesion grant.

Article L2334-16

Benefit from the allocation provided for in article L. 2334-15 :1° The first two-thirds of municipalities with 10,000 inhabitants or more, classified, each year, according to a synthetic index of reso…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Budgets and accounts

Article L3541-1

Article L. 3313-1 is not applicable to the Department of Mayotte. The approved budget and administrative account of the Département of Mayotte shall remain deposited at the Hôtel du Département where…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 4: Special provisions applicable to distance contracts

Article L221-14

For contracts concluded by electronic means, the trader shall remind the consumer, before he places his order, in a legible and comprehensible manner, of the information concerning the essential chara…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Approval

Article L511-15

I. - The European Central Bank shall withdraw the authorisation of a credit institution at the request of the institution.Pursuant to Articles 4 and 14 of Council Regulation (EU) No 1024/2013 of 15 Oc…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Platform Players' Council

Article R7345-13

The Chairman of the Board of Directors chairs the Platform Players' Council, which meets when convened by the Chairman of the Board of Directors or on the initiative of the majority of the members of…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article L122-10

The profits, within the meaning of Article L. 232-11 of the French Commercial Code, of single-member limited sports companies and public limited sports companies are allocated to the constitution of r…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Common provisions relating to fire and rescue services

Article L1424-1-1

When they are not part of a public establishment for inter-communal cooperation with jurisdiction over fire and rescue services, municipalities participate in the exercise of jurisdiction over fire an…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions common to administrative invalidity and revocation proceedings

Article L716-1-1

At the request of the winning party, the Director General of the National Institute of Industrial Property shall charge to the losing party all or part of the costs incurred by the other party within…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions specific to the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution

Article L632-15-1

Confidential information received by the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution from an authority or person in another Member State of the European Union or another State party to the Agreem…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions specific to the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution

Article L632-12-1

Notwithstanding the provisions of Law no. 68-678 of 26 July 1968 relating to the disclosure of economic, commercial, industrial, financial or technical documents and information to foreign natural or…

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